The marvelously talented team of artistic directors -- Drew Dir (credited with the concept of FRANKENSTEIN), Sarah Fornace and Julia VanArsdale Miller (co-devisors of the work and central performers with Leah Casey, Sara Sawicki and Myra Su) and Kyle Vegter and Ben Kauffman (original music and sound design) – lead a village of supporting artists including puppet designer Lizi Breit (with Dir), musicians Zachary Good, Deidre Huckabay, Lia Kohl and Peter Ferry on a performing landscape and projections designed by Rasean Davonte Johnson, Mieka van der Ploeg costumes and Claire Chrzan lighting design.
Manual Cinema’s FRANKENSTEIN was in early collaborative development with assistance from the Orchard Project and The Public Theater’s Devised Theater Initiative with the University of Colorado. The production has benefited from a 2018 Jim Henson Workshop Grant and commissioning support from the University of California. The Court Theatre and the Manual Cinema team have made the innerworkings on stage available to the audience following the performance, an opportunity to inspire the next generation of storytellers you should be bringing to see this extraordinary production. Plan to stick around. There is a lot to see.
PHOTOS|Michael Brosilow
COURT THEATRE
MANUAL CINEMA
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FRANKENSTEIN
through December 2nd
5535 S. Ellis Avenue
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